ANTIQUE PRINT-TRADE WITH MOORES-SENEGAL-vd Aa-1708

Copperplate engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark (not visible on all sheets). on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 20.5 x 17 cm. The image size is ca. 17.5 x 13 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.1 x 6.7 inch. The image size is ca. 6.9 x 5.1 inch.

Trade between the European explorers and the native Moores in Senegal between Green Cape ( Cabo Verde ) and Cabo Roxe. Exchane of gifts. Rare engraving from: “Naauwkeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste Zee en Land-reysen, na Oost en West-Indien . . . “, published in Leiden, the Netherlands by Pieter van der Aa in 1707. This particular print is from part of this book: “Ongelukkige Schipbreuk en Yslyke Reystogt van etlyke Engelschen, in de jaare 1696 van Jamaika in West-Indiën, na Pennsylvania . . .”, by Jonathan Dickens, W. Sewel.Artists and Engravers: Unknown, possibly Caspar Luyken (Luiken).

Condition: Fine. Original fold lines as issued. occasional age related staining as visible on scans. top and/or bottom of fold lines ocassionaly torn slightly, but not eaffecting the image.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-TRADE WITH MOORES-SENEGAL-VD AA

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